“I have loved Jesus Christ above all the earth; and for His Love,
I have loved more than myself, all those who are in travail and pain ...”
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Pauline’s soul lived within the framework
of these words. The Love of Christ
was the mainspring of her life. To
Pauline, Christ was not an idea or
abstraction; He was someone, a living
person, whom she loved and Who
loved her. The divinity of Christ is an
abyss of light which would totally blind
mankind; thus, He covered Himself by
the veil of His humanity. On account
of the incarnation of Christ in Mary, we
see Mary, virgin-mother, and Christ,
God-Man, perform these wonders that
we may become real children of God.
What marvels lie in this mystery!
Do we understand what Jesus is to us?
What we are to Him? Do we realize
what we owe Him? Christ was not
content to give us part of what He had
received from the Father: His graces,
His merits, His Life, His very Body and
Blood, but He gave to us His rights as a
son. These rights rendered us children
of the same Father Who is God, and of
the same Mother who is Mary!
Pauline never wearied contemplating
Christ. By her vow of perpetual virginity,
pronounced at Christmas in 1816, in
the Basilica of Fourvière, she bound
herself to Christ forever and became
His bride. Communication with her
Spouse was the top priority of her life.
Our Lord longed to reveal to her the
secrets of His Sacred Heart, symbol of
His Love, source of His mercy. The
Holy Eucharist was His Gift to her
heart. She heard the complaints of the
Heart of Christ:
“I have loved mankind and
they love Me not.”
Christ revealed to Pauline the abyss
of the pain of His Heart, which was
torn open. She was made to feel His
great tenderness for sinners. He
revealed to her everything from His
conception to His death on the Cross.
It was the very passion of His Heart
that He wanted to make flow through
the heart of Pauline.